title: A computer model for a theory of evolution.
abstract: Computer models and computer simulations are crucial for understanding complex phenomena because they compel the explicit enumeration of all variables and the exact specification of all relations between them. In this paper we discuss a computer model for a phenotypical theory of evolution which, in our opinion, is well suited to simulate the complex dependence of speciation on both internal and external factors, through their influences on the fertility factor. Some of these dependences are investigated through simulations.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Siena.
authors.forename: Cristiano
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bocci
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Freguglia
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rogora
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D003198:Computer Simulation